In Nigeria cigarette producing brands often pay a lot of tax and hence it is very easy for them to sell their product, nevertheless, it is never advertised on national TV, in the media whatsoever. Over the years, I believe the consumption of cigarettes in Nigeria has drastically reduced and this is because people are into much more harder substances. Irrespective of income, people would spend whatever they have to satiate their addiction and more people now die from overdose, which is often dependent on the ignorance of how harmful these substances can be. For example I know of a hard substance called Molly, is rumoured to bring happiness especially for people who are depressed. So many things causes depression in a country like Nigeria. One of these is resultant in financial disappointments. Another thing is that people are battling with depression that comes from peer pressure, hence, addiction to drugs or substances always seems to be the solution.

At the end of the day it may take the willingness of someone who is addicted to actually stop, when they realise they might die from these additions rather than the government influencing these decisions.

This was totally educative, plus, do you smoke?

@tipu curate